Chapter 8: The Deceased
I only heard an old voice in the dark: "It is worthy of being the prince of Jin Guocheng, he has been pampered for so many years, and his skills and demeanor are still not inferior to those when he was in Huangzhou!" β
Xuanbu slowly raised his head and looked at the dark clouds in the sky that covered the moon. The words of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info each other seemed to evoke a distant memory of Xuanbu.
"The old man has been separated for 12 years, and Big Brother Bai is still the same!" Xuanbu said lightly.
"Since you are an old man, why don't you invite me into the house to talk about it?"
When Xuan Bu heard this, he sighed, "Brother Bai, the past is over, you shouldn't have come here, it's good for you and good for me." Although Xuanbu said this, he silently re-entered the small courtyard, opened the door of the house, lit a lamp first, and quietly made a cup of tea before saying, "Brother Bai, please come in!" β
In the courtyard, a burly old man in a robe held his head high, strode over, his golden hair was neatly combed, his appearance was handsome, his expression was indifferent, his facial features were stiff and unsmiling, his two eyebrows were raised high, revealing a contempt for all beings, and a pair of dark blue eyes, exuding a cold and fierce light, giving people an infinite sense of oppression.
Xuan Bu closed the door first before saying, "Brother Bai came from thousands of miles this time, I don't know what is important?" β
"What's the matter? Have you been too comfortable with the prince all these years, have you forgotten our oath on the barren grassland? Have you forgotten what you promised Princess Kite before she died? The blonde old man was a little excited.
"You are the prince of the Jin Kingdom, I didn't want to bother. It's just that in the past few years, I feel that I have grown old, and some things should be done before I die! This is what Bai Lie promised Princess Kite on the grassland of the wasteland back then! β
Xuan Bu listened to the old man's words, and said with a calm face: "Brother Bai, we are all old, and no one wants to turn over those past things!" β
"Xuanbu! You've been a prince for a few years, and you've forgotten all about your last blood? Do you remember the days when we drank and bled together on the wasteland grassland twelve years ago? The old man's eyebrows gradually rose, and a trace of anger flashed in his cold eyes.
The old man took a long, narrow package from behind him and placed his hands on the table.
"What is this?" Xuanbu asked suspiciously.
The old man's expression suddenly became solemn and reverent, "Mu Yun Sword!" β
Genbu jerked to his feet and knocked over the teacup on the table. "What do you say! No way...... Impossible, this sword...... This sword...... I was already ......"
"You've already arranged for someone to destroy it, haven't you?" Bai Lie said with a cold face.
"That's not right! This is not Mu Yun Sword! Xuan Bu suddenly woke up, just now when he first heard that terrible weapon appeared in the world, he was too excited to investigate it carefully, but at this time, he found that the thing in the package in front of him did not have the unique aura of the Muyun Regimental Holy Weapon.
Muyun Sword, the supreme holy weapon of the Muyun Warrior Regiment. It is rumored that it was forged by the You people of Jizhou during the previous dynasty, and when the sword was baked, dozens of secret masters chanted and blessed it. It was not an artifact that belonged to this world, but it was forcibly forged by the leader of the former dynasty Muyun Regiment with manpower.
It is said that on the day of casting, the sky and the earth changed color, and the torrential rain poured within a radius of 300 miles, which lasted for a full month!
And the craftsman of the You tribe who forged the sword threw himself into the furnace when the sword was made, and opened the sword with his own blood and life.
The mystic masters who participated in the chanting died of mental exhaustion after becoming a sword.
The first owner of this sword, and the greatest leader in the history of the Muyun Regiment, was so crazy that he killed all the other six elders in the Muyun Regiment, and even killed his wife and children, and then committed suicide.
Since then, the sword has been regarded as both a sacred weapon of the Muyun Regiment, and a magic sword from hell. The later leaders of the Muyun Regiment wrapped this sword in the dragon skin full of runes and enshrined it in the main hall of the Muyun Regiment. Only when there is a cruel king or a ferocious beast in the world, the head of the Muyun group will receive this sword,
And the things in the package in front of him, Xuan Bu didn't feel a trace of the fanatical and uncontrollable aura on Mu Yun's sword.
The old man stared at Xuan Bu: "You arranged for your cronies to carry this sword back then, and you wanted to throw it into the volcano that will not be extinguished all year round under the ice cap of Jizhou, right?" β
"How do you know?" Genbu asked weakly.
"As soon as your people left the Jin Kingdom, they were targeted by the assassins of the Yamanaka faction. They followed the man you sent until they reached the territory of Hugh, where they slew him and snatched the sword. The people you sent have not been heard from, and you have not been curious. Could he have coveted the artifact and fled with it? β
Xuan Bu shook his head, "No, the person I sent was a disciple of Kunlun Ruins, and gave him a pigeon of mine, telling him that as long as the matter is done, he doesn't have to come back to see me, just release the pigeon, I naturally know the result, and I did receive his pigeon, with the code we agreed on." β
The old man smiled: "Your means are really high, Kunlun Ruins and Muyun Tuan have been enemies for generations, you killed their Pope in Huangzhou again, those fanatical disciples don't want to destroy Muyun Tuan's holy weapon, it is really appropriate for you to let the disciples of Kunlun Ruin do this!" β
"But you may not know the methods of those assassins in the Yamanaka faction, if it falls into their hands, no secret can be kept, as far as I know, there is no shortage of secret arts masters in the Yamanaka faction, and it is not very difficult for them to control a person's mind." The old man seemed to have a hint of sarcasm.
Xuan Bu sighed, "Maybe this Muyun Sword is really to the point where it is glorious and restrained, and the gods are obscure, and I originally didn't believe that with the enthusiasm of a Kunlun Ruin disciple, he could really destroy the holy weapon of the Muyun Sect." β
"But who is behind those assassins in the Yamanaka faction?" Xuanbu asked.
"I don't know about this, maybe it's the power of Hezhou Xihe Kingdom." Bai Lie spread his hands.
Xuanbu pondered for a long time: "How do you know this?" β
"You forgot who I am, my old friend!" Bai Lie said.
Xuan Bu suddenly remembered that twelve years ago, Bai Lie was still the general of the White Bear Battalion directly under the Empress of Jizhou Huguo.
The White Bear Camp of the State of Xiu, like the Shenji Battalion of the Jin Dynasty, was an intelligence agency directly under the emperor. Generally, it is directly controlled by the emperor's most trusted person, and the surname 'Bai' is the national surname of Xiuguo.
"You Jin people have a saying, called the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind. Those mountain assassins did not expect that when their group entered the country of Hugh, the spies of the White Bear Camp had already set their sights on them. β
"Is this really Mu Yun Sword? Why don't I feel the breath of it? Xuan Bu still didn't believe that the one in front of him was Mu Yun Sword.
Bai Lie slowly unwrapped his burden, revealing a plain long sword, without any extra equipment, not even a sword grid, the wooden scabbard and hilt were pitch black, but faintly glowing with a hint of red.
When the sword was in the sheath, it was more like a walking stick, and no one could imagine that the world-famous Mu Yun Sword looked so ordinary.
"I obeyed your wishes, and took the Muyun Sword all the way north to the ice cap of Jizhou, where the Xi and You tribes live, and I really threw the Muyun Sword into the volcano that will not be extinguished all year round."
"Are you willing to destroy it?" Xuanbu asked.
Bai Lie shook his head, "It is my life's faith and glory, although I don't have the ability to lift this sword, I will never allow anyone to harm it!" β
"I found the best You craftsmen in the vein caves under the ice cap of Jizhou, and those sturdy dwarves are the most dexterous craftsmen I have ever seen, who have lived underground for generations, digging the veins of Jizhou and crafting all kinds of weapons."
Xuanbu knew that the You people were born short, but they thought that they were the same as the beautiful Xi people, they were the descendants of the great gods before the primeval period, and they had been living with the mineral veins, digging cave after cave in the deep underground, and living for generations.
The You are the first people in the world to use fire, and they are also the people with the deepest understanding of fire in the world, they can refine the highest temperature flame, and then use the flame to reassemble and forge various metals to obtain the most perfect weapons.
"I know you won't die for this sword, just say the result!" Xuanbu said calmly.
"I found the leader of the You tribe under the ice cap of Jizhou, and they melted the Muyun Sword in the crater and then reforged it. At the same time, they also took out the sacred wood of the clan and made it into a scabbard equipment, which was used to suppress the evil qi on the sword. Moreover, the sword was also sealed. β
Xuan Bu was puzzled: "Seal? What do you mean? β
"The Muyun sword you see now is just a wooden stick, and the sword will choose its own master, who it chooses, who can pull out this artifact!" Bai Lie said slowly.
"After so many years, what are you doing in the Jin Kingdom looking for me?" Xuanbu asked.
Bai Lie took out a sepiolite carved pipe from his arms, pressed the tobacco inside with his slender and dry fingers, took out the flint and lit it, and slowly exhaled the smoke.
"I'm here to warn you." Bai Lie said, "You should know that there was a coup d'Γ©tat five years ago, the former empress Bai Feng was deposed and imprisoned, and his nephew Bai Hong ascended the throne. β
"And I, as a close confidant of the Queen, have naturally and inevitably been purged, and even now, there are spies and killers from Hugh who are ready to take my life. I fled incognito all the way to Digi and ventured to see you just to remind you. β
"Remind me of what?" Xuanbu asked.
"Behind the coup d'Γ©tat in Hugh, I found unusual forces." Bai Lie said.
Xuanbu's eyes suddenly lit up: "You mean them?" β
"Yes, I found that there are people from Kunlun Ruins behind the trouble, and it seems that the Holy See of Hezhou Xihe Country is also involved." Bai Lie said.
"What does that have to do with me?" Xuanbu asked.
Bai Lie looked at Xuanbu with a smile and a smile. "You are still the same as when you were in Huangzhou more than ten years ago, you have always been a simple soldier, and I am different, I am a spy who does not see the sky. My job is to dig into the privacy of the imperial courts of the world. β
"According to my intelligence, your Qintian Prison Supervisor Zhenglongkong Mountain is the new head of the Kunlun Ruins Sect."
Xuan Bu was a little surprised, "The new head of Kunlun Ruins? Didn't they all die on the grasslands of the wasteland back then? β
Bai Lie sighed, "Those people are like flies in the latrine, they die in the cold winter, and they will never be killed in spring and summer."
"The one who was killed by you in Huangzhou back then was the master of Longkong Mountain."
"Another point, I found out that your younger brother Prince Kang and Dongyi Kingdom have been secretly communicating for a long time, this time the Dongyi Kingdom delegation came to the court, you don't really think that it is to send a treasure to your Jin Kingdom, right?"
"What other intentions do they have?" Xuanbu felt as if he had fallen into a huge net, and the people of Longkong Mountain, Prince Kang, and the Dongyi Mission took it out alone, and they didn't have any great energy. But if it is really as Bai Lie said, once these people are connected for a certain goal, it will be very terrifying.
And why did these people unite, and for what purpose they colluded, Xuan Bu couldn't figure it out.
Bai Lie looked at Xuan Bu and continued: "My intelligence also shows that there should be their internal response in your palace!" It's just that this person is cautious, and I haven't been able to find out who it is. β
Xuan Bu was shocked, he had lived on the battlefield for a long time when he was young, and naturally knew how troublesome it would be if there were enemy spies in the army.
Prince Kang has always coveted the throne, and has been secretly linking up with courtiers for many years, how can Xuan Bu not know. However, the Jin Kingdom has been smooth and the people are safe for ten years. Xuan Bu also turned a blind eye to King Kang's actions with flies and dogs more than half the time.
If it is really as Brother Bai said, King Kang has already hooked up with the people of Dongyi Kingdom, then the situation is very bad.
And Qin Tianjian's supervisor Longkong Mountain, this person Xuanbu knows better.
He is a son of a family, and when he was young, he was promoted to be a small master in the Ministry of Rites. Later, because he worshipped the former Qintian Prison Supervisor as a teacher to learn the science of astrology, he was accepted by the old prisoner as a disciple, and he climbed to his current position step by step.
In the past few years, the emperor has become older, and he has begun to pursue strange and chaotic things, and often summons Longkong Mountain into the palace to watch the stars and pray for blessings, so Xuanbu has some understanding of this Longkong Mountain.
One is the prince whose status in the Jin country is second only to himself, the other is the favored minister in front of the emperor, and the envoy of the Dongyi Kingdom, Xuanbu shuddered.